Medical emergency team
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 584962 |
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| Definition: | A team, usually consisting of specially trained medical practitioners and specialist nurses, which possesses the required skills and equipment to provide a patient with immediate on-site stabilisation and management, and to start discussions on appropriate limitations to medical intervention if indicated (for example, implementation of a 'Do not attempt to resuscitate' or 'Not for resuscitation' order). |
| Context: | Admitted patient care |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | The goal of the Medical Emergency Team (MET) is early recognition and response to change in a patient’s condition, and to prevent further deterioration and to decide if enhanced levels of care are appropriate (for example, in the high-dependency or intensive care units). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Cardiac arrest team
See also Intensive care liaison nurses
See also Rapid response team
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| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response team type, code N
Hospital rapid response calls cluster
Intensive care unit
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